Service Details
Name:
 JONES
Given Name:
 SYDNEY DOUGLAS SELBORNE
Initials:
 S D S
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Unit:
 26th Bde.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Pte. 1st Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
 1916-09-02
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Date of Birth:
 1887-03-01
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of The Hon. Mr. Justice Sydney Twentyman Jones, and Mrs. Florence Hayter Jones, of Tharfield, Port Alfred, South Africa. Born at Cape Town. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Commemoration stone in Western Cape (MAITLAND) Cemetery. His brother E A Croll-Jones also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
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Grave Reference:
 II. L. 10.

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